Low turnout at polls Tuesday

Wednesday

Jun 13, 2012 at 12:01 AMJul 5, 2012 at 3:54 PM

The county experienced low turnout with only 247 voting, the majority of which were for Clark M. Hall. Hall received 165 votes to Ellington’s 82. Overall, first congressional district voters unofficially voted 10,055 to 9,795 in Ellington’s favor. One county’s results are still outstanding.

Sarah Morris

Prosecuting Attorney Scott Ellington may have won the Democratic runoff Tuesday night, but not in Arkansas County.

The county experienced low turnout with only 247 voting, the majority of which were for Clark M. Hall. Hall received 165 votes to Ellington’s 82. Overall, first congressional district voters unofficially voted 10,055 to 9,795 in Ellington’s favor. One county’s results are still outstanding.

Ellington will now face freshman Republican Congressman Rick Crawford in November for the first congressional district seat.

In Arkansas County, there were 54 early votes, 29 absentees and 164 votes placed at the polls. Arkansas County Deputy Clerk Melissa Wood said there were two provisional ballots cast during the election. The two ballots are not included in the election results and their eligibility to be counted will be determined when the Arkansas County Election Commission certifies the election results. A certification date has not been set yet.

Commission chairwoman Cathy Konecny said the county’s election went well with the only problem being a computer glitch that had the computer and the Personal Electronic Ballot (PEB) for the voting machines not communicating.

Despite the delay, Konecny said support personnel through the Arkansas Secretary of State’s office were to able get every fixed and back up running.